Ungrateful things for granted Simple things in life like having a bed to sleep on or a roof over your head is taken for granted. Many do not realize that without these simple things we would not be able to function properly in our everyday lives. A society without simplistic things could break down because of the lack of basic necessities from simple things. Famous speakers and authors such as Kate Chopin, Martin Luther King, and Kurt Vonnegut express their insight of how simple things are taken granted of. Using Kate Chopin 's short story “At the Canadian Ball”, Martin Luther King 's essay “A Portable Anthology” , and J. Edgar Nation’s “In The Monkey House”, examples will be described about simple things that might be taken for granted.
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She is a beautiful woman who goes to a ball. Her dress is worn out, making her feel out of place because of the appearance of others who are upper class. She has a bed to sleep on and two men who love her. She is privilege, not recognizing struggles that others may be going through. Alcée, born into a family of wealth is forced into an arranged marriage. Alcée falls in love with Calixta and tries to pursue her. Once Alcée found out about her social class, he cut all ties with her. Alcée fails to see that love may be simple for some, but is found rarely in life. (ADD A QUOTE FOR …show more content…
My best friend and her sister have parents who work immensely to give both of their daughters anything they desire. Her sister is a twenty year old who once went to the same school as my best friend and I. She was not the best student, failing at everything she could because of laziness. When she graduated high school because of her parents paying her way through it, she failed out of college the first semester. Giving her a second chance, her parents put her in a culinary school that costed them over forty thousand
She is a beautiful woman who goes to a ball. Her dress is worn out, making her feel out of place because of the appearance of others who are upper class. She has a bed to sleep on and two men who love her. She is privilege, not recognizing struggles that others may be going through. Alcée, born into a family of wealth is forced into an arranged marriage. Alcée falls in love with Calixta and tries to pursue her. Once Alcée found out about her social class, he cut all ties with her. Alcée fails to see that love may be simple for some, but is found rarely in life. (ADD A QUOTE FOR …show more content…
My best friend and her sister have parents who work immensely to give both of their daughters anything they desire. Her sister is a twenty year old who once went to the same school as my best friend and I. She was not the best student, failing at everything she could because of laziness. When she graduated high school because of her parents paying her way through it, she failed out of college the first semester. Giving her a second chance, her parents put her in a culinary school that costed them over forty thousand